English quiz Summer 2024

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The Great English Quiz

Part 1:     

Round 1: Royal family

Round 2: Sports

Round 3: Language

Round 4: "Geography"

Round 5: Mixed

Round 1

The Royal Family

In what year did Queen Elisabeth die?

What is the name of Harry and William's mother?

1. Princess Catherine
2. Princess Elizabeth
3. Princess Diana
4. Princess Margaret

How and where did Princess Diana die?

1. old age in London
2. aids in Africa
3. car crash in Paris
4. shot in New York

How many wives did Henry VIII (who started the Church of England) have?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
4. 8

How many wives of Henry VIII were beheaded?

1. none
2. 2
3. 4
4. 6

Mary I killed many people during her reign. What is her nickname?

1. Bloody Mary
2. Pleasant Mary
3. Mary Mary Quite Contrary
4. Killing Queen

Round 2

Sports

Which colour do cricket players traditionally wear?

1. White
2. Blue
3. Red
4. The colours of their country’s flag

What is the name of the most famous British Tennis Tournament?

In 2014 the Tour de France started in the UK, in which city did it start?

1. London
2. Leeds
3. York
4. Edinburgh

Which football cubs are from London?

1. Arsenal & Chelsea
2. Arsenal & Aston Villa
3. West Ham United & Leeds United
4. Watford & Everton

Round 3

Language

What is the name of the Scottish skirt?

1. Scottish skirt
2. skjort
3. kilt
4. kild

What does “codswallop” mean?

1. baby of a cod (type of fish)
2. a small jump
3. nonsense
4. an alcoholic drink

What is a “pleister” usually called in American English?

1. band-aid
2. cast
3. sellotape
4. plaster

The longest town name in the UK is 52 letters long.

1. true
2. false
3. longer
4. shorter

What is the money called that people in the UK pay with?

1. Euros
2. Dollars
3. Shillings
4. Pounds

When someone says "it is raining cats and dogs" what does that mean?

1. It has been raining all day
2. Some rain some sunny spells
3. Heavy showers all day
4. It is raining very hard

What is the term given to a word that can be spelled the same both backwards and forwards?

1. synonym
2. antonym
3. palindrome
4. acronym

Repetition of the initial sounds of words, as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"

What do you say in English when someone sneezes?

1. Health!
2. Bless you!
3. Santé!
4. Gesundheit!

What is the plural ( = meervoud) of 'hobby'?

1. hobby's
2. hobbys
3. hobbie's
4. hobbies

What does "A penny for your thoughts?" mean?

1. What are you thinking about?
2. What are you doing?
3. Do you have any money?

When do you use the present simple?
(meerdere antwoorden mogelijk)

1. When something happens often
2. When something never happens
3. When something happened in the past
4. When something is happening right now

What does "I am all ears" mean?

1. I am listening
2. I am not listening
3. I have large ears

When do you use the present continuous?

1. When something happens often
2. When something happened in the past
3. When something is happening right now
4. When something happens sometimes

Round 4

"Geography"

Where can you see this statue?

1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Australia
4. Ireland

Where is the flag from?

1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Australia
4. Ireland

The largest English speaking country is...

1. United Kingdom
2. Australia
3. Canada
4. United States

What is the capital city of Scotland?

1. Cardiff
2. Edinburgh
3. Dublin
4. London

What river flows through London?

1. Seine
2. Hudson
3. Mersey
4. Thames

This is the flag of...

1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. Wales
4. England

Round 5: mixed questions

True or false... every year around 36 billion cups of tea are drunk by the British

1. true
2. false

True or false... cheese rolling is a sport

1. true
2. false

Liz Truss was the shortest serving prime minister. How many days was she prime minister?

1. 39
2. 49
3. 59
4. 72

Who wrote Harry Potter?

1. Veronica Roth
2. William Shakespeare
3. Aldous Huxley
4. JK Rowling

What is the name of the British flag?

Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?

1. William Shakespeare
2. Jane Austen
3. JK Rowling
4. Christopher Marlowe

True or false... Scotland's national animal is the unicorn

1. true
2. false

Enjoy your summer holiday!!!